Bethel College senior Josué Coy Dick comes from a family of peacemakers and peacebuilders.Coy Dick recently became the third generation in his family to place at the top of a contest that requires researching and then writing and speaking about a contemporary peace topic.He is the winner of the binational C.
No classes will be held in Newton USD 373 on Oct.
Special to the KansanAs Mennonites across the Great Plains of North America mark the 150th anniversary of their ancestors’ arrival from Europe, this year’s Menno Simons Lectures at Bethel College tie into that theme.Dr.
By Chad FreyNewton KansanNMC Health celebrated a milestone Oct.
Three Newton High School seniors were honored Wednesday evening in the NHS Media Center for their involvement in the second annual Harvey County Constitution essay contest.Trek Wedel (1st), Riley Ney (2nd) and Hannah Litton (3rd) were honored out of the pool of 14 students who participated in the contest earlier this semester; nine from NHS and five from Halstead High School.The group had 780 words or less to answer the following prompt: Describe the limits that the Constitution places on popular participation in elections and why we should or should not keep them.Local precinct committee person Mike Fellows worked with NHS History/Government teacher Carson Matile, and Halstead High School History/Government teacher Derek Schutte to make the contest available to high school seniors.Judges, consisting of Harvey county dignitaries, reviewed the essays without knowing who the author was.
When Lisa Golubski of Newton learned she was earning a statewide “lifetime achievement award” from Kansas 4-H, she thought of her father.
By Chad FreyNewton KansanNMC health is about to celebrate a milestone for a major renovation and expansion project of the emergency room — the final structural beam going into place.
With the end of Bethel College’s fiscal year this past July came the end of one capital campaign — and the start of preparations for the next.“Engage the Future was an unexpectedly long but successful campaign in a number of ways,” said Pam Tieszen, Bethel vice president for institutional advancement.In early 2019, Bethel launched Engage the Future, a $20 million campaign under the direction of Tieszen’s predecessor, Brad Kohlman.At the time, President Jon Gering, Bethel board members, consultants and the administrative cabinet identified key areas for college growth, including: recruiting students; improving the student experience on campus; enhancing academic offerings; and increasing technological capacity, among others.The campaign included growing the Annual Fund (nonrestricted funds) by $4.7 million; academic program enhancements in the form of two new majors, Software Development and Health and Human Performance, an endowed chair in economics ($1.5 million), and a half-million endowment in biology; and technology upgrades in the form of major infrastructure for improved internet access and performance across campus, as well as classroom “smart” upgrades.Among additional improvements to campus facilities were upgrades to the Mabee Observatory, and construction of the softball building and the Thresher Stadium locker room and viewing suite.Some of these projects were envisioned in the original campaign, while others developed as it went along.
The Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra opens the 68th Season with their Fall Classics Concert at 4 p.m.